He Forgot to Say Goodbye Quotes

“Some boys... Are perfect shits. & other boys are very, very beautiful.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, He Forgot to Say Goodbye

“There was this thing, this chaos inside me. And it had a noise, a howling. That’s what it was. I was nothing more than a dog or a coyote or any other animal in pain. And even then I was trying to speak. But my words weren’t any use in the face of the terrible wind that was escaping from my heart. I guess it was from my heart. It hurt so bad. Why did it hurt so bad?”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, He Forgot to Say Goodbye

“God, I was beginning to hate this hope inside me. Sometimes, hope kept you from seeing the truth. Sometimes hope made you keep holding on to something that you should let go of.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, He Forgot to Say Goodbye

“It would be so effen great if the whole world laughed more- the whole world. I don't mean the kind of laughing that's putting someone down. I mean the kind of laughing that means you've just discovered something really beautiful.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, He Forgot to Say Goodbye

“The problem with parents is that they're adults.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, He Forgot to Say Goodbye

“I hated God for giving me a heart. What good were they? Hearts? Having one got me exactly where?”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, He Forgot to Say Goodbye

“There I was.
Sitting in my car.
In the rain.
Talking to Alejandra.
And it felt more like home than the place where I slept.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, He Forgot to Say Goodbye

“People have parties because they’re sad. They think a party will make them happy.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, He Forgot to Say Goodbye

“See, this is the way I see it. Not all anger is the same. Because there are different kids of anger. And you know what else - sometimes, anger is a virtue. As long as you're not making someone bleed.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, He Forgot to Say Goodbye

“We think there's a reason for everything, as if life was supposed to make sense. It's not exactly math. People aren't numbers. Everybody knows life doesn't make any sense at all, so we just better deal with the whole mess. Have a beer. Have a cup of coffee. Have a piece of cake. Go out to a movie. Enjoy the Popcorn.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, He Forgot to Say Goodbye

“People don't always have to do the right thing for the right reasons—so long as they do the right thing.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, He Forgot to Say Goodbye

“And then we all just started laughing. We laughed our asses
off. But I knew that really, all three of us were crying. And I
knew there would be tears inside of us all our lives. Because they
just left. We were even worth a good-bye. Yeah, there
would always be tears inside of us. Because there was an empty
space inside the three of us that would always belong to the
parent who had refused to love us.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, He Forgot to Say Goodbye

“There's a lot of irony here, of course. Irony—that's my favorite word. Look, I live in a seriously ironic world and if there is a God, I've decided irony is his favorite word too.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, He Forgot to Say Goodbye

“You see, the thing with adults is that respect is just a word they use to guilt us nonadults into doing what they want us to do.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, He Forgot to Say Goodbye

“You know what this is about, Katie? It’s about guys getting away with all the bullshit they get away with. It’s about people like my mother who enable them. There’s a word. Enable.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, He Forgot to Say Goodbye

“Listen, the thing about women—they always blame the girl. It’s the girl’s fault. The guys are all assholes, but it’s still the girl’s fault. I wonder if parents go around telling their girls that “the world is your oyster.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, He Forgot to Say Goodbye

“i didn't need therapy- i needed a new set of parents”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, He Forgot to Say Goodbye

“sometimes hope made you keep holding on to something that you should let go of”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, He Forgot to Say Goodbye

“Some girls, I thought, were perfect shits. Other girls were very, very beautiful.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, He Forgot to Say Goodbye